On the Backlash Against the Perfidious French On the Backlash Against the Perfidious French
They're relegated to the side. This role--which they cannot abide, Which torments Frenchmen day and night-- Can make them do things out of spite.
Feb 19, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Religion in the News Religion in the News
Graven Images
Feb 19, 2003 / Edward Sorel and Richard Lingeman
Apartheid: The Musical Apartheid: The Musical
If you've never watched Nelson Mandela dance, then you should know that he does a modified Locomotion, pumping his elbows like pistons to the immense, loving amusement of his p...
Feb 19, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Poets Against the War Poets Against the War
Here The Nation presents a few of the works posted on "Poets Against the War," (www.poetsagainstthewar.org), the website set up by Sam Hamill, poet and editor, when he ca...
Feb 19, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Alfred Corn, Sam Hamill, W.S. Merwin, Maxine Kumin, and Rita Dove
Cleaning Up Santa Fe Cleaning Up Santa Fe
New Mexico is on the verge of joining those happy few states that have acted to rein in the extreme influence of corporate money on US politics.
Feb 19, 2003 / Feature / Matt Bivens
Postcards From New York Postcards From New York
Among the few hundred thousand people who took to the streets of New York on February 15 to protest an invasion of Iraq were the current group of Nation interns.
Feb 18, 2003 / Feature / The Nation
Listen to George…Washington Listen to George…Washington
It would be so much easier if the Bush Administration just dropped the confusing pretension of an earnest campaign for truth, international cooperation and the rule of law.
Feb 18, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Takin’ it to the Streets–UPDATED Takin’ it to the Streets–UPDATED
In an unprecedented show of international solidarity, millions of people around the world turned out today to protest the Bush Administration's plans to invade Iraq. It was a d...
Feb 16, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
March for Peace on February 15 March for Peace on February 15
This Saturday should see the largest US and international protests yet against the Bush Administration's plans to invade Iraq. Major actions are planned nationwide and abroad in m...
Feb 16, 2003 / Peter Rothberg
‘The Whole World Is Against This War’ ‘The Whole World Is Against This War’
"The whole world is against this war. Only one person wants it," declared South African teenager Bilqees Gamieldien as she joined a Cape Town antiwar demonstration on a weekend wh...
Feb 14, 2003 / John Nichols